The Trent Affair dwarfed individual effort.

特伦特事件使个人努力相形见绌。

The Trent Affair showed where Palmerston and Russell stood.

特伦特事件表明了帕默斯顿和罗素的立场。

Mr. Delane lost few opportunities of embittering him, and he felt little or no hope of repaying these attentions; but the Trent Affair passed like a snowstorm, leaving the Legation, to its surprise, still in place.

德莱恩先生很少有机会激怒他，他觉得报答这些关心的希望很小，甚至没有希望；但是特伦特事件像一场暴风雪一样过去了，令其惊讶的是，使馆仍在原地。